The First Church of Christ in New London : Three hundredth anniversary, May 10, 17, 31 and October 11, 1942 ; 1642-1942, Part 8

Author: Laubenstein, Paul F
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: New London, Conn. : First Church of
Number of Pages: 142


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1915-The Hon. George F. Tinker died; for 30 years superin- tendent of the S. S.


1916-The church incorporated, and the First Ecclesiastical Society dissolved (organized 1726-27); trustees, a church council and finance committee created.


Deaconesses elected and placed on a parity with reelected deacons. Deacons begin to be elected for a six-year term.


Every member canvass instituted.


1918-Parish House used as an emergency hospital for influenza cases.


Individual communion service adopted.


Iron fence set up around church property.


Bronze markers placed on fence on State Street side.


1919-The church raises nearly $9,000.00 for the Pilgrim Me- morial Fund; this is augmented by a gift of $100,000.00 from "one of our summer congregation."


Troop 4, Boy Scouts and Acorn Troop, Girl Scouts organized; in 1921, Thistle Troop.


Honor Roll (First World War) of church and congregation numbers 76, including three gold stars.


Friday prayer meeting changed to a Wednesday mid-week service.


Women's League organized to integrate all of the women's church activities.


Union Lenten services started.


1922-Church membership passes the 500 mark, with 518 en- rolled as of January 12, 1923.


1924-The budget plan adopted.


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The First Church of Christ in New London


1925-The hour of S. S. changed from 12:15 to 9:30 a. m. Membership in all departments, 311.


1926-Monthly choral vespers begun, 5 p. m.


1927-Benevolences of the church reach their peak with $8,557.50 contribute.1; membership of church, 596.


1928-Membership passes 600 mark, with 602 enrolled as of January 13, 1928.


February to June, Mr. and Mrs. Danforth make a tour of Europe and the Holy Land; the Rev. Edward M. Chapman preaching during Mr. Danforth's absence.


1929-New hymnal secured-Hymns for the Living Age.


Present church floor laid.


1931-Present volunteer choir organized, replacing quartet choir; Mr. Allen B. Lambdin, director.


1932-Church records deposited in the State Library at Hartford in the interest of preserving the early records of Connecticut. State provides photostatic copy, now in Town library.


1935-Mr. Clark V. Poling secured as assistant pastor. Ordained in the church October 8, served until March 6, 1938; one of the four army chaplains who went down with the torpedoed transport Dorches- ter in the North Atlantic Feb. 3, 1943, voluntarily giving their life jackets that others might live.


Mr. Poling organizes the Church of the Little Children.


Intermediate Society of C.E. organized.


1936-Mr. and Mrs. Danforth embark on trip around the world. 1938-Philip H. Ward called as assistant minister, served until August 25, 1940.


1940-Purchase of the new parsonage at 50 Granada Terrace.


Mr. Danforth's a well-organized, genial and fruitful ministry. Died June 6, 1940.


From September through December, 1940, the Rev. Nicholas Shepler served as supply preacher.


XIV. PASTORATE OF GEORGE AVERY NEELD, 1941-


Pastorate began January 1, 1941.


Installed October 28, 1941. Membership May 1942-634


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PHILIP H. WARD


Nubes Testium 1642-1942


DEACONS OF THE CHURCH TO 1942


1. Thomas Park (Blinman's brother-in-law) chosen about 1651


2. John Smith 1655


3. William Douglas before 1665


4. William Hough about 1670


5. Joseph Coit . 1690


6. William Douglas, Jr.


before 1696


7. Clement Miner (son of Thomas)


chosen about 1683


8. John Plumbe


9. Timothy Green (printer) .


chosen 1732


11. Pygan Adams (son of Eliphalet)


1758


1770


1782


13. Joseph Harris


14. William Douglas . 1782


15. Timothy Green (son of printer)


1788


16. Robert Manwaring 1788


17. John Arnold 1794


18. Oliver Chapman . 1796


19. Gen. Jedediah Huntington


1799


20. Guy Richards 1803


21. Thaddeus Brooks 1817


22. Hon. Elias Perkins* 1817


23. Stephen Peck 1817


24. Isaac Chapel .


1817


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1700


1721


10. Thomas Fosdyke (precentor) .


12. John Hempstead (son of Joshua)


Three Hundredth Anniversary DEACONS (Continued)


25. William P. Cleaveland 1830


26. Ebenezer Learned


1840


27. Asa Otis (philanthropist ) 1840


28. William H. Coggshall 1854


29. Andrew M. Frink* 1854


30. John W. Tibbits .


1854


31. Cortland Starr


1854


32. William H. Starr . .. 1865


1865


34. Adam F. Prentis .


1867


35. Joshua C. Learned


1867


36. Jesse H. Wilcox .


1878


37. Hon. George E. Starr*


1883


38. Hon. William Belcher


1883


39. James E. Goddard


1883


40. Henry Lufler


1893


41. Pliny M. Harwood


1900


42. C. W. Chapin


1900


43. Henry P. Palmer .


1902


44. Norman M. Ruddy


1907


45. George Whittlesey


1908


46. George H. Scott


1908


47. George S. Palmer


1911


48. Robert J. Carey


1920


49. Howell S. Bennet


1934


51. Arthur L. Hjortland


1938


53. Albert G. Rapp


1940


54. Ralph P. Smith


11 1941


55. Henkle S. Scott 1941


56. Simon C. Fraser


1943


50. Garabed K. Daghlian


1936


52. Clarence G. Brooks


1938


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33. William C. Crump


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DEACONESSES OF THE CHURCH 1916-1942


The six original deaconesses elected 1916:


Miss Susan Royce Boss


Mrs. Henry Lufler


Mrs. A. V. DeWitt


Mrs. George D. MacDonald


Mrs. Horace C. Learned


Mrs. A. G. Young


Mrs. Clark E. Smith .


elected 1917


Mrs. George A. Benner


1918


Mrs. Stephen A. Gardner


1932


Mrs. Leila Blake Latham .


1936


Mrs. Graham S. Hislop


1941


Mrs. Charles Prentis, Jr.


1941


TRUSTEES OF THE CHURCH 1916-1942


The three original trustees elected 1916: Nathan Belcher Mrs. James Hislop


George D. MacDonald


Viggo E. Bird


elected 1920


Nathan Belcher


1921


Sidney H. Miner .


1923


Miss Kate Huntley


1927


Malcolm M. Scott*


1938


* Mayors of New London.


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Three Hundredth Anniversary


SUPERINTENDENTS OF FIRST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL 1816-1942


1. Matilda Wright


appointed 1816 1818


2. Ezra Chappell


3. Ebenezer Learned .


4. Eunice Law


5. John W. Tibbitts .


6. James P. Bradley


7. Mr. Camp ..


8. Joshua C. Learned .


1863


9. Washington W. Sheffield


1868


10. Rev. Thomas P. Field .


1875


11. Charles F. Huntington .


1876


12 Washington W. Sheffield


1877


13. Herbert J. Crocker


1881


14. John G. Crump


1882


15. Rev. E. W. Bacon .


1883


16. Homer R. Stoughton


1884


17. Hon. George F. Tinker


1885


18. George Whittlesey


1915


19. Stanley Jordan


1918


20. Howell S. Bennet .


1919


21. Elihu S. Tuttle


1925


22. Herbert W. Hicks .


1928


23. Andrew Cunningham


1931


24. Henry G. Conklin .


1935


25. Clark V. Poling


1935


26. George A. Wragg .


1936


27. Rev. Clark V. Poling


1937


28. Howell S. Bennet .


1938


29. Albert G. Rapp


1940


30. Louise H. Allyn


1941


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MINISTERS FROM FIRST CHURCH


1. Simon Bradstreet, 1671-1741, son of the third minister of First Church.


2. Joseph Coit, 1673-1750, son of Deacon Coit.


3. William Adams, 1710-1793, son of Eliphalet Adams, and a supply preacher during the American Revolution.


4. John Avery, 1752-1791.


5. John Ross, 1783-1876 (Presby.).


6. Joshua Huntington, 1786-1819, second son of Deacon Huntington.


7. Nathan Douglas, 1787-1866.


8. Nathaniel Hewitt, D.D., 1788-1867 (Presby.).


9. Daniel Huntington, 1788-1858; third son of Deacon Huntington.


10. Charles Thompson, - d. 1855.


11. Thomas Huntington, 1793-1867 (Baptist).


12. John Caulkins Coit 1797-1863 (Presby.).


13. William Harris, b-d. ca. 1870 (Baptist and Episc.)


14. John Ferguson, b .- d. ca. 1870.


15. Joseph Hurlbut, 1799-1875 (Presby. ).


16. Thomas Winthrop Coit, D.D., LL.D., 1803-1885 (Episc.), author and professor in Berkeley Divinity School.


17. Thomas Douglas, 1807-1895.


18. Gurdon Saltonstall Coit, D.D., 1808-1869 (Episc.), brother of No. 16 above.


19. Robert McEwen, D.D., 1808-1883, son of Abel McEwen.


20. Elisha C. Jones, 1808-1872, a Fellow of Yale College.


21. George Richards, 1816-1870, grandson of Deacon Huntington; a Fellow of Yale College.


22. Robert Coit Learned, 1817-1867.


23. John Euclid Elliott, 1829-1888.


24. William H. Starr, 1834-1912, son of Deacon William H. Starr.


25. Frederick L. Chapell, 1836-1900 (Baptist).


26. Thomas Allender, 1836-1869.


27. John Allender, 1840- ca. 1909.


28. James Hunter, 1859-(Presby.), living in Yieldshields, Carluke, Scotland.


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Three Hundredth Anniversary


MINISTERS (Continued)


29. C. Perley Tinker, 1864- son of Hon. George F. Tinker (Meth. ).


30. Christopher St. Clair, 1875-1934.


Identified with the church through family connections:


Joshua Coit, 1832-1907, for many years Sec. of the Mass. Home Miss. Society.


Dwight W. Learned, Ph.D., D.D., 1848-1943, missionary to Japan and professor in the theological department of Doshisha College, Kyoto.


John Calvin Goddard, 1852-1945, son of Deacon James E. Goddard.


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TWELVE OF THE CHURCH'S HISTORIC COMMUNION CUPS


AS EXHIBITED IN THE LYMAN ALLYN MUSEUM, NEW LONDON


THE CHURCH'S COMMUNION SERVICE 1699-1819


One of the treasured inheritances of the First Church is its collec- tion of communion silver, consisting of sixteen cups given to the church by friends and members within a period covering three of the centuries of its existence. Although the church has been using the individual communion service since 1918, it nevertheless still employs four of its historic cups in the celebration of the Lord's Supper, in serving the minister and the assisting deacons.


In the winter of 1698, the ship Adventure was ice-bound in New London harbor. The following year, its owners, Christophers and Picket, presented two cups to the church in recognition of the many acts of kindness rendered to the captain and crew during its enforced stay here. These cups were the beginning of the collection and bear the inscription :


THE GIFT OF THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP ADVENTURE OF LONDON 1699


The next two read:


BELONGING TO THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST ATT NEW LONDON 1724


The following year two cups were given in memory of Governor Saltonstall, the inscriptions reading:


THE GIFT OF THE HONBLE GURDON SALTONSTALL, ESQR. TO THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN NEW LONDON 1725


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The seventh cup, in memory of his widow, reads: THE GIFT OF MARY SALTONSTALL TO THE FIRST CHURCH, NEW LONDON 1726


Next in order come two cups which commemorate the Fox family living on Fisher's Island, necessitating a voyage across the Sound to attend service. The inscriptions read :


THE GIFT OF THE WIDOW ELIZA FOX TO THE FIRST CHURCH IN N. LONDON 1742


The tenth cup is inscribed :


GIVEN TO THE FIRST CHURCH, NEW LONDON BY ELIZABETH RICHARDS RELICT OF GUY RICHARDS, ESQ. 1793


Then follow four cups, gifts of the same donor, engraved: GIVEN TO THE FIRST CHURCH, NEW LONDON BY HARRIET LEWIS RELICT OF JAMES LEWIS, ESQR. 1819


The fifteenth was the gift of Deacon Jedediah Huntington's daughter, and reads:


THE GIFT OF ELIZABETH MOORE HUNTINGTON TO THE FIRST CHURCH, NEW LONDON 1819


The last cup is inscribed : THE GIFT OF SOPHIA RICHARDS TO THE FIRST CHURCH, NEW LONDON 1819


To celebrate the century mark for the six youngest cups of the historic collection, on December 14, 1919, Mr. Danforth preached a commemoration sermon entitled "Our Inheritance," using as his text John 4:38. At this time the entire collection was placed on the Com- munion Table.


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LIST OF CHURCH MEMBERS


MAY 10, 1942


Compiled and Revised by ELSIE DEWITT


LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH MAY 10, 1942 Compiled and Revised by ELSIE DE WITT


Names or initials in parentheses following a woman's name are those of her husband; small w signifies widow.


Under some surnames there are deviations from strict alphabetical order of Christian names due to family groupings.


Members are listed under the names they bore on May 10, 1942, so far as information is available.


Date of Admission


1927 Ackerman, Annie M.


1927 Ahlgren, Ethel Hansen (C. O.)


1941 Alexander, Henrietta Pepper (H. N.)


1920 Allen, Lewis Ira, Jr.


1898 Allyn, Annie Hislop (G. S.)


1897 Allyn, Harriett May


1885 Allyn, Louise H.


1917 Alquist, Nettie Wade (C. V.)


1933 Andrews, Isaac B.


1933 Andrews, Frances (I. B.)


1940 Ansel, Charles Hamlin


1931 Appleby, Mollie J. (w A. B.) 1931 Appleby, Erma


1926 Avery, Edna Lowery (Latham)


1913 Ayen, Albert George


1920 Bailey, Charles S.


1920 Bailey, Anne Smith (C. S.)


1910 Baldwin, Bernard B.


1910 Baldwin, Harry V.


1932 Barnes, Harry Alfred


1932 Barnes, Joseph Howard, Jr.


1924 Barnes, Lucille Norman (T. D. F.) 1903 Barrows, Jennie Parks (E. R.)


1930 Baxter, John B.


1930 Baxter, Florence (J. B.)


1932 Baylis, John Stansbury, Jr.


1891 Beckwith, Lizzie A. (W.D.)


1905 Belcher, Nathan


1929 Belcher, Ruth Tyler (Nathan) 1942 Belcher, Nathan, II


1938 Belcher, Theodate Edith


1938 Belcher, William W., III


1925 Belden, Eugene Seabury


1916 Bemis, Irene Elizabeth 1907 Benner, Nettie Hahn (w G. A.) 1920 Bennet, Howell S.


1920 Bennet, Margaret H. (H. S.)


1890 Bennett, Alice Clark (w H. H.) 1923 Bent, Howard


1933 Beyer, Nellie Dorsey (J. A.)


1918 Bird, Viggo Edward


1918 Bird, Anita Parker (V. E.)


1891 Blake, Annie Gilbey (w Alfred) 1906 Bligh, Maud Conrad (Mrs.) 1896 Bliven, Mary F. (w Nelson H.)


1931 Blocher, William Foster


1931 Blocher, Alice L. K. (W. F.) 1940 Bloomer, Bessie Florence


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1922 Bobnick, Joseph J. 1893 Bolles, Annie Mitchell (Mrs.)


1937 Booth, Evelyn Monroe


1891 Booth, James Walker 1930 Booth, Helen Harvey (J. W.) 1929 Booth, Sally Way 1927 Booth, William George 1902 Boss, Susan Royce


1916 Bragaw, Chester Griswold


1920 Bragaw, E. Townsend, II


1932 Branch, Dorothy Turner (W.) 1929 Brennan, Elizabeth Quinn (J. L.)


1929 Briggs, Frank C.


1935 Briggs, Frank Calvin


1935 Briggs, Amber Austin (F. C.)


1927 Brooks, Dr. Clarence G.


1923 Brooks, Jessica Smith (L. E.)


1902 Brown, Barbara Ann


1934 Brown, Mary Long (w G. F.)


1932 Buehrig, Eleanor Berntsen (M. M.)


1893 Bugher, Mary Canal (w A.) 1898 Bull, Abbie J. (w Edward)


1921 Burch, Edward Moore


1921 Burch, Jennie Munn (E. M.)


1917 Burgess, Annie


1927 Burr, Florence


1930 Butler, Margaret Baxter (Hamilton)


1939 Butterfield, Albert W.


1939 Butterfield, Ethel D. (A. W.)


1928 Butterworth, Monica Matteson (w John R., Jr.)


1924 Byrd, Elizabeth Clarke (J. H.) 1924 Caird, Caroline M.


1927 Caird, William R.


1932 Caird, E. Dorothy


1940 Caird, Robert David


1894 Cameron, Donald


1932 Camillucci, Dorothy King (Bruno)


1917 Candee, Alice Ella 1895 Canfield, Florence


1920 Canfield, Phyllis (w C. L.) 1923 Carter, Patricia Young (R. L.) 1913 Cary, E. Josephine (w R. J.)


1922 Cary, Mary Josephine 1929 Castagna, Dolores Parmelee ( Anthony )


1895 Caulkins, Florence May


1895 Chandler, Emilie Geer (E. L.) 1935 Chapman, Dorothy Foster (H.) 1938 Chapin, George M. 1937 Daghlian, Helen Mary


1891 Chapin, Annette Serafin (G. M.) 1922 Chappell, Catherine Foster (E. F.)


1898 Chappell, Constance Morgan (w Henry C.)


1922 Chappell, Laurence A., Jr. 1916 Cheney, Estella E. (w Albert)


1924 Church, Beulah Boss (w J. R.) 1924 Church, Mary


1938 Clark, Antje Verkade (D. B., Jr.) 1916 Clark, Ethel Smith (w D. B.) 1920 Clark, Hilda Young (E. W.) 1924 Clark, Susan Church (D. H.) 1924 Clarke, Estella B. (J. Wm.) 1924 Clarke, Marion E. 1938 Cobb, Jane Carroll


1937 Cobbledick, M. Robert


1937 Cobbledick, Irene (M. R.)


1941 Cobbledick, Marilyn Irene


1891 Coit, Fanny Learned


1908 Cole, Lucy Wright (H. M.) 1905 Coles, Joseph H. 1906 Cone, Annabelle


1938 Conley, Jane Dunbar (W. P.)


1938 Connor, John A., Jr.


1938 Connor, Barbara Jane


1942 Connor, Margaret Louise


1926 Coombs, Lena (w Wm. T.)


1897 Cooper, Louise


1932 Corliss, John Donald


1895 Cox, Helen Goss (W. H.)


1915 Crane, Nancy K. (w V. E.)


1932 Crocker, Jean Patterson (Clayton )


1923 Cruise, Edgar


1921 Cruise, Harold W.


1917 Cruise, Isabel Austin (H. W.)


1922 Cruise, Mildred Phillips (W.H.)


1921 Cruise, William Edward


1917 Cunningham, Mabel Parker (J. T.)


1929 Curless, Barbara Marshall (George)


1917 Cutler, Austin Tracy 1927 Cutler, Eunice Jenkins (A. T.)


1895 Cutler, Jennie Tracy (F. R.) 1922 Daghlian, Garabed K.


1922 Daghlian, Alice B. (G. K.)


1938 Daghlian, Louise S. C. 1937 Daghlian, Haroutune K. 1937 Daghlian, Margaret Rosa (H. K.)


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1908 Dale, Lucy Williams ( Alex.) 1903 Danforth, Prudence L. (w Rev. J. R.)


1917 Danforth, James Romeyn III


1917 Danforth, Theodore L.


1941 Danforth, Florence C. (T. L.)


1890 Davidson, Louise M. (w A. G.) 1887 Davis, Anna Dart (w F. W.) 1907 Davis, Fannie F.


1911 Dean, Marion Gray (w J. W.)


1932 Deane, Edna Davis (w F. L.)


1926 Gardner, Florence L. (S. A.)


1933 Deane, Elizabeth Etta


1926 Gardner, Florence L.


1912 DeWitt, Elsie VanDyck


1920 Dolbeare, Walter G. 1920 Dolbeare, Lillian (W. G.)


1910 Douglass, Florence B. (A. C.)


1938 Draycott, Henry H.


1938 Draycott, Nellie W. (H. H.)


1941 Draycott, Shirley Ellen


1938 Dunbar, Robert Havens


1938 Dunbar, Shirley


1919 Duncklee, Elmer Ross


1919 Duncklee, Mildred B. (E. R.)


1942 Dunning, Horace A.


1942 Dunning, Ruth T. (H. A.)


1942 Dunning, Ruth Pirie


1916 Grant, Thomas John


1924 Greenleaf, Julia Booth (A. C.)


1941 Eaton, Everett Morton


1933 Gronsand, Gunvor M.


1941 Eaton, Jean E. (E. M.)


1896 Guest, Mary Cameron


(w J. W.)


1937 Egger, John Horton


1924 Eglise, Charles A.


1916 Guthrie, Edward Eugene


1916 Guthrie, Edward James


1916 Guthrie, Dorothy W. (E. J.)


1916 Guthrie, Jessie Duff


(E. A., Jr.)


1916 Guthrie, James McMurchie


1942 Falconer, William Leslie


1941 Faulkner, Bertha Backus (R. L.)


1897 Faulkner, Mary Lyon (Mrs.)


1902 Ferger, Theodore


1917 Hale, Grace Maynard (E. P.)


1914 Ferrell, Nellie (w F. G.)


1942 Hall, Arthur Lawrence


1920 Ferrell, Mildred H. (P. C.)


1940 Ferrell, Doris Evelyn


1922 Fesler, Wallace D.


1932 Finch, Louise Menzie (G. P.) 1932 Fisk, Frederick


1925 Hansen, Howard C.


1920 Fitch, Grace Mussel (w F. H.)


1941 Hansen, Theodore N.


1920 Fitch, Frederic A.


1907 Fletcher, Paul W.


1922 Fletcher, Robert G.


1912 Hardwick, Cassie Scott (w J.)


1922 Flint, Hilda Vogt (M. B.)


1942 Harris, Ruth


1907 Forbes, Viola H. (A. D.)


1938 Forbes, Donald A. 1926 Ford, Edith Tyler (R. S.) 1935 Foster, Marjorie Smith (Donald) 1895 Fraser, Jean C.


1895 Fraser, Minnie W. (w G. W.) 1914 Fraser, Simon Campbell


1908 Fraser, Ruth Hedlund (S. C.) 1913 Fray, Minnie J. (w Wm.) 1888 Freeman, Madeleine H. 1926 Gagnon, Marjorie Wolfe (J. E.)


1923 Gavitt, Marjorie Booth (M. A.) 1908 Geer, Leon A.


1923 Geer, Margaret Darling (L. A.) 1929 Gernon, Louise Schultz (J. D.) 1891 Gillanders, Annie Mitchell (w Frank) 1911 Gilmore, Elizabeth Brown (C. W.) 1887 Goddard, Mary Dart (w R. H.) 1912 Gorton, Louise Phillips (w H. . H.)


1929 Graham, Katherine (w R. A.)


1921 Grant, Margaret Lorn


1931 Early, Maria Gallup (E. A.)


1917 Edgar, William J. B.


1914 Gunderson, Gertrude


1942 Eklund, June Marie


1925 Ennis, LeRoy Henry


1929 Eve, Elizabeth Prentis


1942 Fakoury, Virginia Rose


1916 Guthrie, John Waddell 1924 Haas, Ralph Bevan 1927 Hairyes, William H. 1929 Hale, Evan Presley


1909 Ferrell, Palmer C.


1924 Hall, Margaret Wragg (P. E.)


1925 Halliwell, Frank W.


1925 Halliwell, Thomas L. 1927 Hansen, Clifford William


1932 Hansen, Mildred Christine


1941 Hansen, Harriet L. (T. N.) 1898 Harding, Florina


1927 Harris, Willard D.


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1927 Harris, Edna G. (W.D.)


1929 Harrison, Eva Conklin (W. J.)


1918 Harwood, Lee


1888 Harwood, Oril A. (w P. M.)


1895 Harwood, Ida Mae


1882 Haskins, Rose Matilda


1929 Hauser, Frederick Arnold


1924 Havagamian, Charles


1924 Havagamian, Mary S. (Charles )


1929 Haviland, Audrey Cruise (A. C.)


1892 Hedlund, Huldah S. (w Gustaf )


1902 Hedlund, Mathilda E.


1913 Hedlund, Louise Marguerite


1929 Hedlund, Guy Walford


1940 Hefferman, Elizabeth Cruickshank (Clarence B.)


1935 Heineman, Alma L.


(Loyd V.)


1927 Hendrickson, Karl T.


1937 Hendrickson, Harold V.


1941 Hendrickson, Elsie Astrid


1942 Hendrickson, Elston Eric


1941 Henry, Florence Hinton 1927 Hicks, Herbert W.


1927 Hicks, Winnifred D. (H. W.)


1929 Hicks, H. Douglas W. 1922 Lambdin, Hazel T. (A. B.)


1898 Hield, Annie Graham


1915 Highmore, Gladys Pettigrew (W.L.)


1897 Hinds, Alice Faye Darrow (w A. D.) 1927 Hirshfield, Marjorie Prentis (J. A.)


1903 Hislop, Frances Peckham (w Graham S.)


1932 Hislop, Elizabeth Ann


1938 Hislop, Catherine Shiels


1939 Hislop, Jean Balfour 1935 Hjortland, Arthur L.


1935 Hjortland, Alice Berry (A. L.)


1942 Hjortland, Marilyn Louise 1923 Holth, Torbjon Einer


1924 Horner, Fannie (w W. F.)


1929 Houston, Alan Nelson 1897 Houchins, A. J.


1920 Howard, Isabel Greig (Mrs.)


1927 Huffman, Ferissa Jenkins (L. J.) 1929 Huggins, Lettie H. (w W. J.) 1882 Huntley, Kate


1924 Hutchison, James


1922 Hutchison, Harold W.


1932 Irvine, Dorothy Jenkins (L. F.)


1912 Jarvis, Gertrude Serafin (James)


1932 Jarvis, Katherine Gertrude 1917 Jerome, Isabella Palmer (w Peter)


1920 Jerome, Palmer F. 1920 Jones, Dorothy Fraser (M. C.)


1913 Jones, Hazel Wade (A. W.)


1911 Jordan, Stanley


1913 Jordan, Elsie Hodges (Stanley)


1936 Karr, Ina Childs ( Arthur) 1897 Keeney, Elizabeth Cooper (w C. M.)


1899 Kelsey, Bessie I. (George)


1898 Kenney, Adelia M. (w Charles)


1935 Kenyon, Keith Boyd


1935 Kenyon, May Boyd Legg (Mrs.)


1895 Kessler, Augustus T.


1910 Kielhorn, Eloise Whittlesey


1942 Kimball, Norman Lester


1942 Kimball, Miriam G. (N. L.)


1926 Kumpitsch, Florence Fesler (Paul M.)


1932 LaBrie, Doris Deane (w W. H.) 1937 LaBrie, Edna Edythe


1922 Lambdin, Allen Bennett


1932 Lambdin, Arlen Virginia


1936 Lambdin, Barbara Bennett


1941 Lambdin, Ann Curtis


1935 Langdon, Raymond Edward


1927 Langdon, Roger Frederick


1942 Lanphear, Marion S. (w F. M.)


1924 Lanphear, Anne E.


1924 Lanphear, Ursula M. 1892 Latham, Leila Blake (w J. R.) 1922 Latham, James Howland


1925 Latham, John Robinson


1935 Latham, Ruth West (J. R.)


1939 Latham, William S.


1917 Latimer, Catherine Hardwick (T. H.)


1924 Laughrey, Gertrude Phillips (H. B.)


1874 Learned, Anna Coit 1899 Learned, Frances P. (w H. C.) 1938 Lee, Edna Walsh (Lamar)


1911 Lee, Emma Mower (w B. H.)


1924 Leib, Hazel Patten (w D. D.) 1913 Lewis, Charles Alonzo 1913 Lewis, Ida Sistare (C. A.) 1929 Lewis, M. Stanton 1934 Lewis, Nicholas 1934 Lewis, Hertha C. M. (N.) 1934 Lewis, Frank Nicholas


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1934 Lewis, Alfred Richard


1940 Lewis, Mildred Anna


1895 Libby, Josiah Walter 1933 Linke, May Marie 1942 Lok, Gerald John 1918 Lougee, Esther P.


1929 Lougee, Francis Gilman


1929 Lowery, George H. R. 1929 Lowery, Jeannette M. (G.H.R.)


1929 Lowery, George Willis


1941 Lowery, Lorraine C. (G. W.)


1928 Ludwig, Matilda Lowery (G. E.)


1921 Lundahl, Mae B. (Ray)


1936 Lyman, Frieda Gley (Wm. )


1926 Lyon, Beatrice Cinnamond (K. S.)


1920 MacDonald, Dr. Alan Leslie


1914 MacDonald, George Cameron


1891 MacDonald, George D.


1891 MacDonald, Jessie M. (G. D.)


1924 MacDougall, Esther Maynard (George)


1911 MacFarlane, Archibald S.


1922 MacKay, Angus, Jr.


1922 MacKay, Hugh Morrison


1938 Mackay, William


1938 Mackay, Jessie P. (William)


1938 Mackay, Euphemia Crawford


1938 Mackay, Richard C.


1922 Mackenzie, Donald


1922 Mackenzie, Nellie Cant (D.)


1934 Magner, Elin Hendrickson (D. V.)


1941 Manning, Stuart H.


1941 Manning, Marguerite Ann (S. H.)


1923 Marquardt, Ruth Wragg (Ira)


1929 Marshall, Hillman C.


1938 Marshall, Laura (H. C.)


1929 Martin, Madeline Cruise (C. E.)


1922 Mather, Edna Mason (C. T.)


1931 Mathewson, Edna L. (C. N.) 1917 Mattson, E. Cameron Austin (w J. A.)


1941 Mattson, Austin Cameron


1941 Mattson, Lillian E.


1941 Mattson, Jean Mae


1921 May, Harris Samuel


1897 Maynard, Annie W. (w Jos.)


1895 Maynard, Fannie Strickland (w F. A.)


1916 Maynard, Robert John


1932 McCarthy, Gertrude Christensen (Leo V.)


1914 McCarthy, Thomas Leslie 1936 McFee, Ruth Deane (Mrs.)


1933 McGovern, Mary Emma


1908 McGugan, James E.


1935 McIntire, Charles H.


1935 McIntire, Dana L.


1935 McIntire, Ruth K. (D. L.) 1927 McKee, Mary Bute (w Daniel)


1927 McKee, Mary C.


1907 McMahon, Maud Rogers (F. E.)


1898 McMaster, Elizabeth Boss (R. H.)


1905 McMoran, Bertha E. 1890 McQueen, Robert 1891 McQueen, Martha Hobbs


(Robert)


1903 Meadnis, J. Harry


1900 Meadnis, Constance Blake (J. H.)


1926 Meadnis, Lyman H. 1932 Mears, Frances Hansen (J. T., Jr.)


1929 Menzie, William Young


1932 Miller, Vera Crane (Ray)


1895 Miner, Lucy Bishop (w S. H.)


1914 Miner, Sidney Bishop


1916 Miner, Waldo Lawrence 1924 Miner, Helen Collins (W. L.)


1940 Miner, Nancy Goodwin


1940 Miner, W. Lawrence, Jr.


1893 Mitchell, Isabelle E.


1917 Monroe, Marion E. 1928 Moon, Sidney H. 1938 Moon, Spencer W.


1938 Moon, Elsie Reichert (S. W.)


1938 Moon, Naomi Jane


1877 Moore, Mary T. (Mrs.)


1934 Moran, Louiejune (W. J.)


1888 Morgan, George Curtis 1942 Morgan, Patricia Joan 1932 Morrison, Mildred L. 1927 Mosher, Kenneth D.


1893 Muir, Jean Laing (w Wm.)


1917 Murphy, Eunice (W. E.)


1911 Murray, John Duncan


1919 Murray, William Booth


1919 Murray, Ruth Lounsbury (W.B.)


1927 Nagle, Cecilia Carr (T. J.)


1895 Nason, Julia Crosby (Wm. L.) 1928 Neale, Marion Moon (R. E.)


1941 Neeld, Rev. George Avery 1941 Neeld, Agnes Scudder (G. A.)


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1891 Neff, Benjamin


1883 Nevins, Anna Louisa


1882 Nevins, Cornelia L. 1922 Niles, Gertrude B. (H. V.) 1906 Nilsen, Olive Lewis ( Andrew) 1942 Nitsche, Elmer Albert


1942 Nitsche, Ruth B. (E. A.)


1926 Noonan, Virginia Fesler (J. J.)


1922 Northrop, John Henry


1917 Nye, Irene


1941 Olsen, Phyllis S. (Ray)


1924 O'Neill, Esther Tuttle (Merlin)


1932 Orton, Ruth Clark (I. J.)


1939 Osborn, Marcia D. 1926 Owens, Rowena Harwood (L. C.)


1928 Pahlberg, Charlotte E.


1942 Paige, Ruth Hill (w J. W.)


1942 Paige, Jean


1915 Palmer, Mary B. (w F. C.)


1924 Parks, Elizabeth Caird (H. F.)


1896 Patch, Edward Allen


1896 Patch, Lillian Coles (E. A.)


1923 Paton, Elizabeth B. 1923 Paton, George, Jr.


1927 Pavey, Oliver Frederick


1941 Pavey, Myrtle Gloria


1905 Payne, Jennie Stewart (w E. B.)


1916 Peckham, Ullie May Rogers (A. H.)


1916 Pemberton, Mildred Rogers (Wm. M.) 1897 Perkins, Margaret Strickland (Allyn I.)


1932 Peroni, Rosetta Chesbro (T.) 1933 Perry, V. Dagny Gronsand (Mrs.)


1929 Peterson, Ruth M. (C. H.) 1913 Pfeiffer, Dorothy Brubeck (W.M.)


1925 Phillips, Susie B. (H. S.) 1924 Pittsinger, Virginia Clarke (M. G.)


1942 Pollard, Arlene Mae 1897 Pond, Rowena Lee (H. G.)


1924 Pratt, George O. 1924 Pratt, Mary E. (G. O.)


1911 Prentis, Emily S. (Samuel M.)


1942 Prentis, John Latimer


1899 Prentis, Mabel Freeman (w Arthur V.)


1922 Prentis, Richard Freeman


1937 Prentis, Olive H. (Chas., Jr.)


1941 Prentis, Audrey Howell


1910 Prentis, Susan B. (w Charles) 1924 Prince, Donald Gilbert 1935 Prince, Gladys Z. (D. G.) 1921 Quinn, Henrietta Grant (w J. J.)


1926 Quinn, Mary Irving 1925 Quinn, Joseph J., Jr. 1929 Quinn, Thomas Grant 1922 Ragan, Edna Phillips (J. A.)


1936 Rapp, Dr. Albert G.


1936 Rapp, Lucile K. (A. G.) 1923 Reeves, George Dennison


1938 Repp, Frank Anthony


1938 Repp, Mildred Havens (F. A.)


1929 Reynolds, Mary Crane (H. I.)


1924 Rice, Georgeanna Palmer


(F. W.)


1941 Robert, George Clovis 1938 Robert, Lois Lee (G. C.)


1925 Rogers, Amy


1900 Rogers, Martha M. (Mrs.)


1933 Rome, Robert


1932 Rondomanksi, Virginia Blake (Leo J.)


1895 Rowland, Jessie Daboll (w Reginald M.) 1899 Ruddy, Norman M.


1915 Russell, Harold F.


1915 Russell, Rachel M.


1929 Russell, Ruth Lowery (R. P.) ) 1894 Ryan, Annie Laing (N. W.)


1908 Ryley, Isabel Sargent (w C. N.)


1935 Ryley, Charles Newton


1927 Ryley, Frank Newton 1919 Saintonge, Constance Meadnis


(Paul F.)


1914 Salter, Ethel Bliven (A. T.) 1915 Salter, Katharine 1895 Sanders, Harriet Hammel


(w Charles H.)


1942 Sawicki, Raymond J., Jr.


1929 Scarpa, Mildred Wilson (Peter)


1892 Scott, Malcolm McFarlane


1924 Scott, Henkle Sweet


1917 Scoville, Bertha Howard (w Joseph)


1927 Seamon, Lottie Mathewson (w David H.)


1895 Searle, Harry L.


1921 Searle, Roger Leroy


1895 Searle, Walter A. 1916 Serafin, Charles


1907 Shalz, Alfred George 1907 Shalz, Arnold Harry


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1916 Shaw, Florence V. (F. M.)


1890 Utley, Herbert D.


1942 Shepler, Rev. Nicholas


1899 Utley, Clara Cottrell (H. D.)


1942 Shepler, Flora I. (Nicholas) 1924 Utley, Marion


1914 Sheridan, Isabelle Ballantyne (w John)


1939 Utley, Alison


1895 Silva, Daisy Fenwick (w Jos.)


1921 Silva, Joseph Alfred


1936 Vogt, Arno R.


1908 Sistare, Elsie M. (J. F.)


1938 Vogt, Ruth Unsworth (A. R.)


1892 Sistare, Mary E.


1929 Vogt, Frederick H.


1895 Sistare, Martha S.


1926 Vogt, Herbert G.


1889 Small, Katie L. (w R. H.)


1923 Smith, Arthur L.


1913 Wade, Henry Stuart


1923 Smith, Dorris H. (Raymond B.)


1941 Smith, Jane Marion


1920 Smith, Frank Terril


1882 Smith, Grace Potter (w C. E.)


1905 Smith, Ralph Potter


1923 Smith, Eugenia D. (R. P.)


1931 Smith, Ralph Potter, Jr.


1935 Smith, Edward Lee


1938 Whipple, Sarola C. (R. D.)


1929 Smith, Reuben Palmer


1924 White, Clara D. (Arthur)


1924 White, Eleanor Mae


1925 White, Lena Conklin (J. H.)


1898 Whittemore, C. Harrison


1922 Whittemore, Mary Brand


(C. H.)


1894 Starr, Marion Vail (W. S.)


1908 Starr, Roland Griswold


1908 Starr, Dr. Richard M.


1927 Stewart, Lavina


1938 Stone, Perry E.


1917 Stone, Virginia Webber (Mrs.)


1941 Story, Marian H.


1922 Strickland, Marion Silva (Charles W.)


1920 Sullivan, Dorothy M.


1932 Sullivan, Victor Maynard


1895 Swanson, Bertha Gorham


(w E. W.)


1917 Sweeney, Georgina Stewart (W.A.)


1924 Sweet, Elizabeth Wilson


1925 Swicegood, Matilda Belcher (M. W.)


1895 Talcott, Edith May


1902 Talcott, Mary Tillinghast


1935 Thompson, Arthur R.


1935 Thompson, Ina Belle (A. R.)


1874 Tiffany, Anna Barrett (Mrs.) 1920 Tinker, Kathryn White (w John Spencer)


1940 Tinker, Kathryn Harriet 1924 Tuttle, E. Sanford, Jr. 1924 Tuttle, Frederick E.


1922 Whittlesey, Cornelia Hypes (w Chas. B.)


1888 Whittlesey, George 1894 Whittlesey, Mary F. (Geo.)


1914 Whittlesey, G. Chappell


1891 Williams, Jenny E.


1917 Winslow, Lucy Parker (H. N.)


1923 Wolfe, Owens C.


1923 Wolfe, Ruth Miller (O. C.) 1926 Wood, Caroline Coombs (Chas. H.)


1926 Wood, Charles Henry, Jr. 1926 Wood, Beula Starr (C. H., Jr.)


1889 Wood, Frank L.


1895 Woods, May Mussel (w P. G.)


1925 Woods, Kenneth Peter 1925 Woods, Stanley B. 1923 Woodworth, Frank Walter 1897 Woodworth, Grace Calvert (F. W.)


1920 Woodworth, Alice Franklin 1927 Woodworth, Grace Marjorie


1922 Woodworth, Frank W., Jr. 1923 Woodworth, Dudley C.


1922 Wragg, George Alexander


1926 Wragg, Frances Goodwin (G. A.)


1929 Zumbach, Bertha Sistare (Mrs.)


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1932 Wetmore, Eleanor Crane (Elwood)


1887 Whaley, Caroline Serafin (w Clark B.)


1938 Whipple, Richard D.


1923 Smith, Janet (R. P.)


1929 Smith, Laurence P.


1931 Spear, Robert P.


1912 Staab, Herman 1883 Starr, William S.


1925 Vogt, Walter Richard


1913 Wade, Richard Elton


1927 Weilich, Alice Fisher (Hans)


1937 Verkade, Mary Flora 1932 Vogt, Agnes Hansen (C. H.)


"Let us then, as we reflect this day upon all that the founders of the First Church in New London have trans- mitted to us, engrave upon the tablets of our memories these further words of the great Emancipator, 'It is for us, the living, rather, to be here dedicated to the unfinished work which they who fought here, have thus far so nobly advanced! " From the Tercentenary Sermon delivered May 10, 1942 by the Rev. George Avery Neeld.





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